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Narrative Counseling in Schools Powerful and Brief

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ISBN-10: 1412926211

ISBN-13: 9781412926218

Edition: 2nd 2007 (Revised)

Authors: John M. Winslade, Gerald D. Monk

List price: $39.95
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Narrative counseling in schools is based on the premise that stories, rather than hard-nosed realities, shape our lives. By changing the stories that negatively label and define students, we help them open up new avenues and opportunities. In this second edition of their bestselling book, John Winslade and Gerald Monknbsp;offer even more case studies, guidance, and examples of counseling practice to help students narrate stories that redescribe who they are and can be. Mindful that todays busy counselors need effective and brief techniques, the authors make plain the steps with which counselors can externalize problems and draw out student self-knowledge to inform new ways of identifying…    
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Book details

List price: $39.95
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Corwin Press
Publication date: 12/15/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 208
Size: 5.90" wide x 8.90" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.748
Language: English

Preface
About the Authors
What Is Narrative Counseling All About?
We Live Through Stories
A Narrative Counseling Scenario
Doing Narrative Counseling: A Step-by-Step Guide
A Learning Guide
Obstacles to Narrative Practice
Counselor as Collaborator
Starting Assumptions
Attitudes to Bring Into the Room
Specific Narrative Methods
Reworking Reputations
The Discourse of Schooling
School Descriptions
The Power of the Teacher
Deficit Discourse
Resistance
Conversations With Kids Who Are "In Trouble"
Trouble With Stealing
Trouble in the Classroom
Trouble With ADHD: A SMART Approach
Trouble With Abusive Behavior
Trouble With Truancy
Trouble Enrolling a New Student
Restorative Practices
Counseling and Discipline
Working in a Narrative Way With Groups, Classes, and Communities: Beyond an Exclusive Focus on the Individiual
Accountability Practices
Working With the Larger School Community
Building Communities of Concern
Group Work Programs
Working With a Whole Class
Classroom Guidance Lessons
Starting Conversations With a School
Conclusion
Reading List
References
Index